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Re:[ILUG-BOM] Directional Radio Signposts.
by deshpande＠vsnl.com 30 Aug '06

30 Aug '06

Hello ITS A FANTASTIC IDEA I REPEAT ITS A FANTASTIC IDEA Congratulations to Roney for thinking of such an idea MAHESH DESHPANDE

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Adding a Mirror to existing server
by Hozefa Motiwala 30 Aug '06

30 Aug '06

Hi All, I have a Qmail Server running in an Linux RH box since last 4 years. what I need to do is that to add a mirror to the existing hdd to make it redundant as the life of existing hdd may be over.(Although its working properly ) but I don't want to down the server as it is running online and is critical for my client. Any inputs would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Hozefa.

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by Nirendra Awasthi 30 Aug '06

30 Aug '06

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Directional Radio Signposts.
by Akshay Mishra 30 Aug '06

30 Aug '06

> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Rony <ronbillypop(a)yahoo.co.uk> > > To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" <linuxers(a)mm.glug-bom.org> > > Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 22:35:52 +0530 > > Subject: [ILUG-BOM] Directional Radio Signposts. > > Hello All, > > > > While we are on to discussing new ideas, this is a concept that I > > thought of during my daily traveling. I am mostly on field and travel a > > lot in public transport. I have observed that visually impaired persons > > usually have a problem with directions and it is more complex when it > > comes to making choices in different directions. Now that we have the > > honor of having an extremely talented person like Mr. Mane on our list, > > he too can give feedback on this. > > > > The normal method is to use beeping sounds near signals and crossings. > > However, our road networks are complex and require more complex sign > > aids. The problem is compounded when making a choice at a junction of > > many roads, not knowing which road leads to what place. > > > > This can be resolved by having radio beepers at all road points and each > > beeper having its own data repeatedly broadcast. To differentiate > > between each post and its data, the user has a handheld unidirectional > > radio receiver that has a mini parabolic dish antenna. The user first > > turns the receiver around and gets beeps for every radio post detected. > > As the device is pointed, its sound is the loudest when pointing > > straight to it. Then with the flick of a switch, he hears the data > > through a earphone. It tells him where he is located and where the > > direction he points to, is leading to with actual road names too. Its > > like a guide explaining different directions. So while the radio post is > > omni directional, the receiver is uni directional. > > > > Shops and restaurants too can use these radio posts to guide people to > > their shops and advertise their merchandise. I say, this system can be > > used even by sighted people who need help in directions, as big > > junctions have long distances across and looking across signboards can > > be difficult with buses and other traffic blocking the view. Tourists > > will find this a very handy live city guide. > > > > The main hurdle in this concept is to develop a proper radio system that > > has directional accuracy without being too expensive for the comman man. > > > > Regards, > > > > Rony. Ideally this should come with the cell phone. But what with Bluetooth being subjective to virus attacks, an addon can be designed which does this task. Also, with RF enabled microcontrollers available cheaply, one can do these developments as standalone devices. Another application is giving them out at places like Prince of Wales Musuem instead of the casette players. Each location identified with numbers can emit a low power rf. The player with the tourist shall know which id is this and hence what information to play out. The RF/processing cost is not major hurdle if the amout of processing required is small and the distances are within a few hundred metres, the data rates not exceeding a few kbps. (64kbps is supported by a few chips over short distances) regards, Akshay

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Re: Link to GPLv3 audio and video (dead link?)
by Vic Cris 29 Aug '06

29 Aug '06

--- Roshan wrote: > > > "...Microsoft Windows is a spyware ...(Windows > > XP)" > > > > May i know who was it that said this? > RMS. He's said this because, either he has > discovered > it or someone has told him. > A friend has Windows installed on her desktop (by the vendor) and called me for help because she keeps getting messages about it not being a licensed copy. Clearly this happens because MS is monitoring online unlicensed copies (she didn't know the difference and has asked the vendor to implement a license). If that doesn't count as spyware, then what does? However, with all due respect to RMS, I prefer to think of most implementations of the OS as malware (and reserve my opinions only on the ones I haven't tried myself). --- Vickram ___________________________________________________________ Copy addresses and emails from any email account to Yahoo! Mail - quick, easy and free. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/trueswitch2.html

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Contacting moderators
by Vic Cris 29 Aug '06

29 Aug '06

I was trying to contact the moderator (I mailed Anurag) about a problem I face reading the listmail with my webmail client (I can't access it right now, but I think it is called something Boxes - it has an icon of an Escher like box assembly), but the mail bounced saying no such mailbox, which is vizarre because he most definitely is still using his gnuer address. Anyway, the problem is that the first mail in the digest is clearly visible, while the rest are dimmed and darned difficult to read. Does anyone know why this happens? Secondly, the listmail appears without a date - so that it is all piled up at the very end of my Inbox. This also happens with some spam (heh heh - no drawing hasty conclusions), but not all. As you can see, I also access the list from my yahoo listmail address, and here I don't get either problem. How can I view a detailed mail in my webmail client, so that I can give my service provider a clue to fixing it? --- Vickram ___________________________________________________________ All new Yahoo! Mail "The new Interface is stunning in its simplicity and ease of use." - PC Magazine http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html

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Re: Link to GPLv3 audio and video (dead link?), RMS public lecture Audio / Video CD?
by Roshan 29 Aug '06

29 Aug '06

> > > "...Microsoft Windows is a spyware ...(Windows > > XP)" There was blog on it. http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000178.html But has no one downloaded the audio or tried the links of 4th Conf.? __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/

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ubuntu and wine: some updates
by Abhishek Daga 29 Aug '06

29 Aug '06

Installed ubuntu dapper drake desktop for the first time. Before this, I had only worked with RH based distros. Installed Apache, MySQL and PHP also. It was a Breeze. Overall, only 1 word can describe the entire distro and setup. Sexy. Had to run putty for an application (ssh and xterm messed up the function keys) so installed it over wine. Again, a breeze though with some errors. Which is ok. One tip: The font looks weird. So you will need to change it to anything else and it will look fine. I had to install desktop version even though I am using it as a server because we dont have the luxury of a dedicated server only machine. My mandatory question is: Would it have been better to have installed the server version with ready LAMP stack and then enabled X? thanks abhi __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Link to GPLv3 audio and video (dead link?), RMS public lecture Audio / Video CD?
by Roshan 28 Aug '06

28 Aug '06

Hello all, Found the link for Audio and Video format of 4th International Conference on GPLv3, India, but the link seems to be dead. Below are the links. Audio: http://gplv3.fsf.org.nyud.net:8080/static/gplv3-india-audio.tar Video: http://gplv3.fsf.org.nyud.net:8080/static/gplv3-india-video.tar Anyone, who has already downloaded it? The public lecture at Patkar hall was recorded. Will its audio and Video format be available on GLUG's website or on a CD? Few Excerpt for those who missed it.. "...Microsoft Windows is a spyware ...(Windows XP)" Portability of Programs. "Those days, portability across different architectures was difficult. Therefore, we used to read a program and then write the same for a different platform. We would name it in a funny way. This program (we made) is not that program. ...... Recursive Acronyms originated from here. SINE ..SINE Is Not Emacs...and then ..... GNU's Not UNIX (instead of the usual four letter, three letter recursive acronym)" "You can develop good coding skills if you read more programs, understand and write more programs." "The Philosophy Won't bring a crisis to employment." "Free Software should be encouraged in Educational Institutions" Do correct, if you find any mistakes in the above. __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/

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Perl Hashes.
by Nadeem M. Khan 28 Aug '06

28 Aug '06

Hi. I have a perl hash that has 200 key-value pairs. Something like this: 001 one 002 two ........... 200 two_hundred My script can read the pairs which are at the top without issues, but from pair 170 onwards, the script fails to read them. Is there any limit on the memory/number of elements in a hash? If I move pair number 171 right at the top, it works. Strangely, the script works very well on Linux, but the problem occurs on AIX and HP-UX. Regards, NMK.

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